The English Setter 109 



Edmond Castle Setters 



"There is also another celebrated breed at Edmond Castle, near 

 Carlisle, Cumberland. This likewise is liver and white, without the tuft. 

 These dogs are much lighter and more speedy looking than the tufted ones. 

 They are very deep, wide and powerful in the forequarters; well bent in the 

 stifles, so much so as to give them a cat-like crouching attitude. 



"Laidlaw was the keeper's name who had charge of them. These 

 setters were noted all over the country for being first class and very enduring. 



"The late Mr. Heythorn, of Melmerby Hall, near Penrith, had this 

 breed when he shot with me — at which time I had the shooting at Pitmain, 

 Kingussie, Inverness-shire — and first-rate dogs they were. 



"Mr. Garth's Bess, a winner at the Shrewsbury trials, was from this 

 kennel." 



How far the following strains, which Mr. Laverack refers to, resembled 

 what we call black, white and tan, or how nearly they favoured Gordons 

 with white markings, we have no means of stating, but are inclined to the 

 opinion that they were distinct from the latter, for the reason that Mr. 

 Laverack put them in one chapter, devoting the following chapter to the 

 Gordon, or black and tan alone, then a chapter to his own breed, finishing 

 with another devoted to the Irish setter. This seems conclusive evidence 

 that he did not consider them allied to the Gordons, but as varieties of the 

 general run of setters. 



Lord Lovat's Breed 



Lord Lovat's breed is named as a black, white and tan: "Another 

 celebrated, tested and well-known breed has long been in the possession of 

 the evergreen veteran sportsman. Lord Lovat, Beaufort Castle, Beauly, 

 Inverness-shire. This strain is black, white and tan. His Lordship shot long 

 with Alexander, the late Duke of Gordon, and he informed me that his 

 Grace had black and tans, and black, white and tans, but preferred the 

 latter. 



"A celebrated dog of Lord Lovat's black, white and tan named Regent 

 was well known in Ross-shire and Inverness-shire. Old Bruce, his Lordship's 

 keeper, told me this dog would never be beaten. Numbers of this strain 

 and colour were in Lord Lovat's kennels when I last saw them. They have 

 long been valued by many sportsmen for their excellence and beauty. 



